941 days.
That is how much time will have passed for Klay Thompson when he takes the court on Sunday evening. 941 days since he tore his ACL in Game 6 of the NBA Finals.
More than 30 months. The Golden State Warriors have played two entire seasons, plus 38 games of a third, without one of their franchise pillars.
That will reportedly change this weekend, as Thompson returns for a Warriors team that is just where he left it – a title contender built on the greatest shooter of all time and one of the greatest defenders of all time.
He will play a small role as he works back from the Achilles tear he suffered while working back from the ACL tear. He will start but play limited minutes. Yet he will be back all the same.
Klay Thompson is set to return this week from 2.5 years off. Let’s look back at the Top 5 games of his career before he starts making new history
A lot has happened for the Warriors in his absence, from the nightmare 2019-20 season to last year’s scoring title for Curry and their thunderous start this season.
Andrew Wiggins is now in Kevin Durant’s place. Jordan Poole, Jonathan Kuminga, and more represent a young core this team didn’t have 941 days ago. Andre Iguodala has gone, made the NBA Finals with another team, and returned.
While there will be a competitive game played on Sunday against the Cleveland Cavaliers, this moment will be about nostalgia. About the healing of something was broken, finding what was lost. The Splash Brothers together again. Let’s lean into that nostalgia and look back at exactly what the Warriors have been missing for 941 days.
What have been the greatest games in Klay Thompson’s career?